Thoughts on the Central Conference Pension Initiative (CCPI)
“We eat once a day. We are used to it. We adapted ourselves to that condition. We eat small bread, then we cook that one meal at the end of the day.”
- Rev. Joseph Sunday, in a 2008 interview with United Methodist News Service
The United Methodist Church has a goal: to create a pension system in our Central Conferences so those who have served the church might have basic necessities in their retirement years.
Rev. Joseph Sunday
The Central Conferences of the UMC include those listed here. They are in countries where political stability and the quality of life we have here in the U.S. seem like a far-off dream. Imagine doing ministry in spite of war, poverty, and genocide.
Yet, they persevere. Rev. Joseph Sunday served churches in Liberia for 31 years. Now well into his 80s and ‘retired’ he still serves as Chaplain in the Monrovia Central Prison.
Buy one less latte or burger a week and consider a gift to CCPI. $5 a week adds up to $260/year, enough to make a real difference. Download the pledge form here.
United Methodist News Service Reporter Linda Bloom has also put together a photo essay on CCPI.
